Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We dont have the advantage of shops like Fry's here - you have to buy components from the dealers. The distribution is done by the usual suspects like Ingram Micro, etc. Cheers Jayanand On 2/2/07, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Almost true..... they buy overstocks and computer manufacturer excess > inventory. Basically, if Dell orders 1,000 drives a day, but > only uses 850 drives one day that week, the excess inventory gets sold off > to places like Fryes. Ditto drive makers that might > build 10,000 drives, but only sell 8,000, the excess gets sold off cheap, > to Fryes. > > It is a huge business that both the computer manufacturers and drive > manufacturers both have separate business offices for. > > BTW, it happens on ALL parts for computers.... including processors, > boards, resistors, etc... everything......! > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > I do visit my in-laws in SoCal, I do venture > > into Freys, but I find it always takes two trips to them. Once to buy > > the items and a second trip to replace them with working parts. Has > > happened with drives, Motherboards, CPU's and memory. I am convinced > > their cheap prices are due to seconds. Just some thoughts from the > > trenches. > > > > Aram > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >